{"id":2427,"date":"2024-10-15T10:43:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T17:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/?p=2427"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:27:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T20:27:06","slug":"2024-kalani-high-schools-bryan-silver-named-2025-hawai%ca%bbi-state-teacher-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/2024-kalani-high-schools-bryan-silver-named-2025-hawai%ca%bbi-state-teacher-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"\u02bbO Bryan Silver, ua kapa \u02bbia \u02bbo 2025 Hawai\u02bbi State Kumu o ka Makahiki"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ua ho\u02bbolaha ke Ke\u02bbena Ho\u02bbona\u02bbauao o ka Moku\u02bb\u0101ina \u02bbo Hawai\u02bbi (HIDOE) i ke kumu \u02bbepekema a me ka hana a me ka ho\u02bbona\u02bbauao \u02bbenehana (CTE) o ke kula ki\u02bbeki\u02bbe \u02bbo Kalani \u02bbo Bryan Silver i kumu kumu no ka makahiki 2025. Ua loa\u02bba i ke k\u0101l\u0101 ka makana a\u02bbo ki\u02bbeki\u02bbe o ka moku\u02bb\u0101ina mai Gov. Josh Green a me Superintendent Keith Hayashi i ka w\u0101\u00a0\u02bbaha makana<\/a>\u00a0ma Wakinekona Place i k\u0113ia ahiahi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H\u0101\u02bbawi \u02bbia ka hanohano i k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia makahiki i kekahi kumu lumi papa i koho \u02bbia mai n\u0101 kumu a\u02bbo HIDOE ma mua o 13,000. Aia \u02bbo k\u0101l\u0101 ma waena o 16 mau kumu ma\u02bbamau o ka makahiki a me ke kumu kula Charter o ka makahiki i \u02bbike \u02bbia i k\u0113ia l\u0101.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMahalo i\u0101 \u02bboukou, e n\u0101 kumu, no ka ho\u02bbonoho \u02bbana i ke k\u016blana a me ka h\u0101pai \u02bbana i k\u0113ia i mua. Ha\u02bbaha\u02bba m\u0101kou e noho p\u016b me n\u0101 kumu ho\u02bbona\u02bbauao o kou \u02bbano ki\u02bbeki\u02bbe, "i \u02bb\u014dlelo ai \u02bbo Gov. Josh Green i ka hanana. \u201cMa ka inoa o ka moku\u02bb\u0101ina holo\u02bboko\u02bba, mahalo i\u0101 \u02bboukou a pau. Mahalo m\u0101kou i kou noho \u02bbana i ka ho\u02bbona\u02bbauao. Mahalo i k\u0101u hana a pau a me ka m\u0101lama \u02bbana i k\u0101 m\u0101kou keiki.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

"He alaka\u02bbi \u02bbo Bryan ma CTE Engineering a me n\u0101 robotics ma n\u0101 pae k\u016bloko a me ke aupuni," i \u02bb\u014dlelo ai \u02bbo Superintendent Keith Hayashi. \u201c\u02bbO k\u0101na hana ikaika \u02bbana i ka Innovation Station, n\u0101 \u02bb\u014dnaehana i\u02bba a me n\u0101 \u02bb\u014dnaehana hydroponics ma ka p\u0101 kula, a me n\u0101 polokalamu robotics ua lilo ke kula ki\u02bbeki\u02bbe \u02bbo Kalani i wahi no ka ho\u02bbona\u02bbauao STEM ma Hawai\u02bbi. Ma muli o ko Bryan mo\u02bbomeheu o ka launa p\u016b \u02bbana a me ka ho\u02bbokomo \u02bbana, kono \u02bbia n\u0101 kula \u02bb\u0113 a\u02bbe, n\u0101 haum\u0101na, a me n\u0101 kumu e a\u02bbo, e h\u0101pai ana i ka pae no ka maika\u02bbi ma ka moku\u02bb\u0101ina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u02bbO STEM a me n\u0101 robotics ka makemake o Bryan Silver. He 24 makahiki o Silver ma ke ano he kumu ma ka Apana Kula o Honolulu, e hoike mai ana i kona hooikaika i kana mau haumana a me ke kula o STEM a me ka robotics. I k\u0113ia mahina, ua lilo \u02bbo ia i Hawai\u02bbi mua i loa\u02bba i ka makana \u02bbo 2024 Harbour Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence, ua lanakila \u02bbo ia i $50,000 no ka papahana robotics o Kalani High School. Ma Kalani, ho\u02bbomau \u02bbo Silver i kona mau l\u0101 ma ke \u02bbano he kumu \u02bboihana Career and Technical Education e alaka\u02bbi ana i \u02bbeh\u0101 pae o n\u0101 papa \u02bbenekinia, STEM Capstone a me ka holo \u02bbana i \u02bbeh\u0101 papahana robotic ma hope o ke kula - FIRST Robotics, FIRST Tech Challenge, VEX a me Drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ua pi\u02bbi a\u02bbe ka papahana lopako a Kalani i mea hou ma Hawai\u02bbi ma lalo o ka m\u0101ka\u02bbika\u02bbi a Silver, i ho\u02bbomaka \u02bbia i ka makahiki 2002. He mea nui ke k\u0101l\u0101 i ka ho\u02bbokumu \u02bbana i n\u0101 polokalamu robotics a puni ka moku\u02bb\u0101ina, e k\u014dkua ana i ka ho\u02bbonui \u02bbana i ka nui o n\u0101 hui robotics LEGO FIRST i \u02bboi aku ma mua o 220 ma k\u0113ia wahi hou e ulu nei. Ma ke \u02bbano he k\u0101k\u0101\u02bb\u014dlelo no ka hui robotics lanakila \u02bbo Team Magma 3008, ua ho\u02bbopa\u02bba \u02bbo Silver i ka $283,000 i ke k\u0101ko\u02bbo h\u0101\u02bbawi no Team Magma a ua ho\u02bbomohala i \u02bbekolu mau \u02bboihana ho\u02bbokele haum\u0101na e ho\u02bbomau i ka ho\u02bbomohala k\u0101l\u0101 e m\u0101lama i n\u0101 polokalamu robotics. I k\u0113ia kauwela i hala aku nei, ua h\u0101\u02bbawi manawale\u02bba \u02bbo Silver me n\u0101 Kumu Ma waho o n\u0101 Borders \u02bbApelika Hema, e ho\u02bbokele ana i n\u0101 ha\u02bbawina ho\u02bbopa\u02bba ha\u02bbawina STEM robotics no 600 mau kumu. \u02bbO n\u0101 hana lawelawe e like me k\u0113ia ua loa\u02bba i\u0101 ia ka makana Pelekikena Lifetime Volunteer Achievement no n\u0101 hola 4,500 o ka lawelawe kai\u0101ulu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ua ho\u02bbokumu \u02bbo Silver i ka papa \u02bbEnekinia CTE ma ke kula ki\u02bbeki\u02bbe \u02bbo Kalani kahi i loa\u02bba ai i k\u0101na mau haum\u0101na he mau ha\u02bbawina a hahai i n\u0101 \u02bboihana STEM. I k\u0113ia mau l\u0101, ua alaka\u02bbi \u02bbo ia i ka ho\u02bboikaika \u02bbana i ka hana \u02bbana i ka Innovation Station, kahi lumi papa kelepona i lako me n\u0101 pa\u02bbi 3D, n\u0101 mea \u02bboki laser a me n\u0101 mea hana \u02bb\u0113 a\u02bbe i mana\u02bbo \u02bbia e hiki ke loa\u02bba n\u0101 kumuwaiwai STEM i n\u0101 haum\u0101na a me n\u0101 kumu ma n\u0101 kula like \u02bbole ma O\u02bbahu. Ua loa\u02bba ke k\u0101l\u0101 i ka makana Pelekikena hanohano no ka Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, ka Albert Einstein Educator Fellowship Award, a me kahi makana NASA Fellowship Activity. He Eagle Scout \u02bbo ia a i kona manawa k\u016b\u02bboko\u02bba hiki i\u0101 \u02bboe ke loa\u02bba i\u0101 ia ka lu\u02bbu scuba a me n\u0101 wa\u02bba holo heihei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ua wehewehe \u02bbo Principal Mitchell Otani i ke \u02bbano hana a me ka hoihoi o Silver i mea ho\u02bboikaika no k\u0101na mau haum\u0101na. "Ke ho'\u0101\u02bbo nei \u02bbo Bryan i k\u0101na mau haum\u0101na e h\u0101\u02bbawi \u02bboi aku ma mua o 100%, e lilo i po\u02bbe no\u02bbono\u02bbo ko\u02bbiko\u02bbi a e \u02bbimi i n\u0101 ala ambisious," wahi a Otani. "\u02bbO ka holomua o k\u0101na mau haum\u0101na ma hope o ka puka \u02bbana he h\u014d\u02bbike ia i k\u0101na hana hoihoi i ka ho\u02bbomohala \u02bbana i ka hanauna hou o n\u0101 alaka\u02bbi STEM. H\u014d\u02bbike \u02bbo Bryan i\u0101 Falcon Pride i ke ala \u0101pau!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

"He hanohano nui ke k\u016b \u02bbana i mua o \u02bboukou ma ke \u02bbano he Kumu Moku\u02bb\u0101ina \u02bbo Hawai\u02bbi 2025 o ka makahiki," wahi a Silver ma k\u0101na ha\u02bbi\u02bb\u014dlelo \u02bbae \u02bbana i mua o ke anaina me kona makuak\u0101ne, makuahine a me kona \u02bbanak\u0113. Ua \u02bb\u014dlelo \u02bbo ia \u02bbo kona makuahine, he kumu ho\u02bbona\u02bbauao no 36 mau makahiki, he mea ho\u02bboikaika nui i\u0101 ia e hele i ke a\u02bbo \u02bbana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ua h\u014d\u02bbike p\u016b \u02bbo ia i ka mahalo no k\u0101na p\u016b\u02bbulu kumu. "\u02bbA\u02bbole loa he huaka\u02bbi hele ka\u02bbawale ke a\u02bbo \u02bbana," wahi \u0101na. "\u02bbA\u02bbohe pilikia i lawe wale \u02bbia. He \u02bb\u0101pana m\u0101kou o ke kai\u0101ulu nui e k\u0101ko\u02bbo a h\u0101pai kekahi i kekahi. In\u0101 m\u0101kou e hana like, ka\u02bbana like i n\u0101 ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101, a k\u0101ko\u02bbo kekahi i kekahi e lilo m\u0101kou i mau kumu a\u02bbo maika\u02bbi. Ua \u02bboi aku ka maika\u02bbi o ko k\u0101ua hui \u02bbana ma mua o ko k\u0101ua ho\u02bbokahi, no laila e ho\u02bbohehe\u02bbe k\u0101ua i n\u0101 paia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E lilo ana ke kala i ka Hawai'i ma ka papahana Kumu Lahui o ka Makahiki. E koho \u02bbia ka mea lanakila aupuni i k\u0113ia p\u016bn\u0101wai ma Wakinekona, DC Today's Teacher of the Year makana makana:<\/p>\n\n\n\n